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Founded in 1948, Hexcel designs and manufactures a range of high-performance composite fibers, fabrics, resins, and structures for use in commercial aerospace, defense, and other industrial markets. These are engineered to be lighter than metal and perform under rigorous conditions in aircraft frames, wings, engines, and other components and subassemblies. The company's name derives from the six-sided honeycomb structures that lend many of its products their light weight and rigidity. Hexcel's biggest customers are Airbus (38% of 2022 sales) and Boeing (25% of prepandemic sales) and its respective subcontractors.

Louisiana-Pacific is primarily an oriented strand board producer and also offers engineered wood siding used in home construction and repair and remodel projects. The company is largely exposed to the North American housing market but has also established capacity in Brazil and Chile.

Based in Dallas, Jacobs Solutions provides professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sectors. The company has approximately 60,000 employees. Jacobs acquired PA Consulting (a consultancy that specializes in strategy, technology and innovation) in March 2021. In FY23, Jacobs Solutions generated revenue of $17.8 billion.

Emerson Electric sells automation equipment and services under two segments: intelligent devices and software control. Within software and control, it also holds a majority interest in AspenTech, an industrial software business, and owns a test and measurement business that was formerly National Instruments. Intelligent devices also holds Emerson's tools business, which boasts several household brands, like Ridgid. Emerson's automation business is most known for its process manufacturing solutions, which consists of measurement and analytical instrumentation, as well as control valves and actuators, among other products and services. Nearly half of the firm’s geographic sales come from the Americas.